We had a great day fishing with Capt. Charlie. He is very knowledgeable and courteous. He is really a friendly and professional guy to have a fun fishing trip with. We caught mostly mahi-mahi which was our target species. It was exciting to look for the mahi around Gulf Stream currents and sargassum weed lines and then sight cast to them. We also found some and caught them by trolling.  Eighteen mahi-mahi made it to the ice chest. We also caught a bonus barracuda and a black fin tuna. The tuna was my first ever, so I was very happy to add it to my personal list of species caught. My wife and father-in-law each caught both their biggest and most mahi-mahi in the same day. The wind made it a little wavy, but Capt. Charlie drove the boat skillfully and safely. The boat is roomy, sturdy, and quick.  Charlie made it a comfortable, safe trip. Five stars is the best rating but he deserves more. We will definitely be booking another trip. Thanks again for a really great day.

We just went on a family fishing trip with Captain Charlie. It was my boys first time fishing and they had a blast! We caught grouper, yellowtail, snapper, shark. Charlie was very knowledgeable about where the fish were biting and really helped make the experience great. At the end of the day he cleaned and prepared our haul and recommended an awesome place to have dinner with all the snapper we caught. Thank you Cap!  What a fantastic day, we can’t wait to come back.

Christmas came early this year on our Oceanside offshore/reef trip with Cap’t Charlie. We were off the dock at 7a sharp and after a quick bait stop (where we quickly grabbed enough ballyhoo for the day) we were out to out first stop.

Charlie put us on fish immediately and we were hooking up and bringing in a wide variety of fish.  We often had 2-3 fish on the line at a time and our party of 4 barely had time to relax and enjoy the spacious and well outfitted boat.  We hit two other spots, each better than the next and had a full box of mutton snapper, red grouper, mangrove snapper, cero mackerel, Bahia tuna, yellowtail, hogfish, barracuda, porgie, amongst others by the end of our 8 hour trip.

Despite a little wind and swells, Cap’t Charlie expertly piloted the boat to ensure everyone was comfortable beginning to end. His experience and expertise were evident as he always had the boat well positioned, the lines baited and helped us get the big fish into the boat.  We heard on the radio that other boats were not doing that well that day but we had a banner day due to Charlie’s expert fishing skills and captaining. 

Overall a great day on a great boat with a great captain.  We’ll definitely book again with Against The Grain on our next trip and recommend you do the same. You won’t be disappointed, see the attached pictures, they speak for themselves.

Thank you again Captain Charlie!

We had originally scheduled a reef fishing trip, but Captain Charlie reached out the night before to let us know reef fishing had been very slow and asked if we would like to fish for mahi mahi instead. I am so glad he did as it was an awesome day. Even though we didn’t catch very many Captain Charlie worked tirelessly to ensure we each had a chance to bring in our own fish.

Five of us took the trip.  Unfortunately, the day was not good because the water was rough: high winds after a cold front last week.  Nevertheless, the trip was as enjoyable as possible in those conditions.  Ultimately, we only got a medium sized red snapper.  The Captain did his best to find fish though, and we got some good strikes only to lose the catch to sharks or large groupers.  Yet, he worked and tendered the lines often, always ready to put fresh bait and at the same time keep us on the safe side of the rough waters.  At we end, we did not catch much but had a good day. The boat was comfortable as well.